Payer Data Reporting: Relative Price (RP)


Relative Price (RP)
Report Resources

 

Reporting Templates

 

Submission Deadlines

  • Hospitals – October 31, 2025
  • Multiplier Calculation Summary – October 31, 2025
  • Physician Groups – November 14, 2025
  • Other Providers – To Be Determined

Overview

M.G.L. c. 12C, § 10 requires the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) to collect certain information from both private and public health care payers in the Commonwealth.

Payers must submit data annually in accordance with Regulation 957 CMR 2.00.  This regulation governs the methodology and filing requirements for health care payers to calculate and report on Relative Price (RP) data.

Please Note:
Materials for 'Other Providers' including data specifications, reporting templates, and the uniform provider list will be released separately at a later date.

 

Filing Application

The blue box on the right of this page contains the relative price reporting resources. The submission deadlines for relative price reporting (as also outlined in the gray box on the right of this page) are:

  • Hospitals – October 31, 2025

  • Multiplier Calculation Summary – October 31, 2025

  • Physician Groups – November 14, 2025

  • Other Providers – To Be Determined

 

For more information and regulatory guidance, please refer to Regulation 957 CMR 2.00 (Payer Data Reporting) and the latest Administrative Bulletins.

 

Questions

For questions specifically related to payer data reporting, please email Eric.Yang@chiamass.gov.